Brian Bull
ReporterBrian Bull joined the KLCC News Team in June 2016. In his 25+ years as a public media journalist, he's worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (19 regional), the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.
An enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe, Bull has worked with NPR's Next Generation Project geared towards diversifying the ranks of tomorrow's journalists. He's been a guest faculty instructor at the Poynter Institute on covering underrepresented communities. He's served as chair for Vision Maker Media, which supports authentic programs and documentaries produced by Native Americans.
He's glad to be home in the Pacific Northwest, close to his family, tribe, and the Oregon Coast. If only someone had warned him about the grass seed pollen every spring! Bull is married and has three children, and five cats. He enjoys photography, hiking, cooking, the visual and performing arts, and the occasional Godzilla movie.
Read how Brian's desire to spur reflection led him to a career in public media.
Brian has worked through the decades with NPR on its Next Generation Radio Project, which trains journalists from underrepresented communities to become tomorrow's reporters. Check out his latest project with Native American Journalists Association mid-career level mentees: https://naja-nextgen2021.nextgenradio.org/
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The pandemic dropped the curtain on a popular musical planned for Eugene audiences more than two years ago. Now, the Very Little Theatre is bringing the show back, in a greatly-renovated space. -
KLCC has received one of its best showings in recent memory at the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) conference, which was held this past week in Seattle. The station won three first place awards and one second place award in total for Division C, in a national contest that saw over 1,500 entries.
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A thousand juvenile Chinook salmon were released last week in a creek near Bandon. It’s the latest effort by the Coquille Tribe to restore the fish’s numbers.
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Tomorrow morning, a groundbreaking ceremony will be held for a new Vida McKenzie Community Center. The original was destroyed in 2020’s Holiday Farm Fire.
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The Peacock series' star and writer is a UO Duck who grew up in Canby, Oregon. She talks to KLCC about "Rutherford Falls' new season and her personal fascination with Stevie Nicks and spooky podcasts.
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It's no toss-up: South Eugene's gender-diverse ultimate frisbee team dominates national championshipThe South Eugene Gender Diverse Ultimate Frisbee team has won the High School National Championship. To clinch the win, they beat Roosevelt - a Seattle team - 15-to-4 in Richmond, Virginia on Sunday night.
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says it’s delaying removal of soil with elevated levels of dioxins near the J.H. Baxter plant in Eugene.
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A hit Broadway comedy is making headlines for its raunchy and edgy take on male-dominated politics. “POTUS: Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive”- was written by a former South Eugene Theatre student.
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Earlier this year, we reported on how the departure of the Bi-Mart pharmacy in Veneta left residents in a lurch. But a new pharmacy is in town to fill the void…and prescriptions.
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This Saturday, students from across Eugene-Springfield will gather at the Wayne Morse federal courthouse to demand tougher gun restrictions and safer schools.
